This is the Powerbelt Page to balance all the hype about PB Performance.

1.  First my own experience on hitting a big buck in the shoulder with a 295g HP PB in the 2004 Rifle season with a Knight Disc with 3 50g  777 pellets:

http://www.the-gleasons.com/Bullet%20penetration.doc

2.  I posted a thread that my brother hitting a big buck in the shoulder with a 295g Aerotip Platinuum PB and he found bullet pieces and hair, some blood and the PB debate on www.hunting.net:  1   2   3   4    5   6   7   8    9

3. National ML Gun writers opinions about PBs

 Toby Bridges  (Toby's site is down, will out in in here when it is back up. Chap)

 Randy Wakeman and Chuck Hawks

4.  If you search on Google for "Powerbelt Fragments" you will see the following articles (there are more):

 4.1 Cabela's Product Catalog: 

        http://reviews-cdn.cabelas.com/8815/214373/reviews.htm

 4.2  Hunting and Fishing Gear Review:

        http://www.hunting-fishing-gear.com/review-display/2790.html

 4.3  Iowa Outdoors:

        http://www.iowaoutdoors.org/forum/viewtopic.php?forum=4&showtopic=199841

 4.4  Michigan Sportsman:

         http://www.michigan-sportsman.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144207&page=3

  4.5 "Don't overdrive PB" Thread on Hunting.net

          1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8     

   4.6  More PB quotes from hunting.net:   On the ability of the 295 PB to penetrate  2 3 4

5.  What if you gotta use a "PB Like" easy loading bullet, what is the recommended bullet and load?  Toby Bridges recommends Harvester SaberTooth, they don't fragment, they load easy, they are 1/2 the cost of PBs, the only drawback is sometimes the base comes off so some folks glue them on with superglue:

http://www.harvesterbullets.com/loadSaber.htm

My brother now uses these and likes them.

6.  What if you still are gonna use PBs.  Don't overdrive them with 150g charges, use no more than 100g, in fact some folks are recommending to drive them no more than 1200 fps, so look at load statistics.  Use HEAVY PB, not light ones (348g and above).  Take side rib shots NO shoulder shots.  Shot placement is always the key for everything.   What if ya screw up on a 100 yard shot and hit the shoulder with a PB?  Pray the the animal will live and you will not have "PB flashbacks".

I hope that helps you on the PB Fragments issue.  Chap Gleason